Temp - Technical Data Solution Architect

Who we are

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a Centre of Excellence for the bank’s universal banking business across EMEA.  It provides a range of technology and operational support services, aligned to SMBC’s growth, innovation, and transformation strategies

Role Summary

The successful candidate will formulate and design the solutions to deliver to the requirements coming from different business lines and operational departments that have data provision, reporting, and analytics use cases.  This is to keep us aligned with the longer term agreed strategies at a business, data, and technical level. 

• The role is an important bridge to translate business department and data office requirements into technically deliverable solutions that are performant, robust, reliable, and manageable in the long term.
• Is a key mechanism to drive consistency of design across deliveries and projects.
• Set and promote the strategy for the Data and Analytics technical platform.
• Critical to keep the enterprise up to date with newer techniques and technologies around data. 

Background

The newly created Data & Analytics Technology EMEA team has been put in place to deliver data integration, reporting, and analytics services to the SMBC EMEA business.  It exists within the wider ITSD department that is responsible for all IT delivery to the SMBC EMEA enterprise. 

The team deliver data and analytics solutions to FO P&L business lines, cross business line departments (eg Finance, Risk, Operations, etc), and the Data Office as a key client.  This is within a complex systems environment which has been built over several years and is looking to be re-architected for the next phase of growth of the SMBC EMEA business. 

• Will be working in team of ~50 IT staff within a department of 250+
• Will be defining the data solutions across a portfolio of projects being driven by the Data Office, technical strategy, P&L business lines, and operational departments. 

Position Description

The Technical Data Solution Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the data architecture of the organization. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data is organized, accessible, and secure, aligning with business goals and compliance requirements. 

• Role will be responsible for developing solution designs for a portfolio of projects across the SMBC EMEA entity and overseeing solution designs developed by others.  With a focus on data solutions to be delivered by the EMEA Data and Analytics technology team.
• Collaborating with colleagues in other entities across the global group to share thinking, define technical strategy and drive its consist application where possible.
• Engage with other departments across IT and the business, including Data Office, to understand use cases for setting the technical strategy and developing solution designs.
• Communicate and explain solutions to technical delivery teams.
• Escalate any issues to Lead Data Solution Architect and Head of Data and Analytics Technology for EMEA.
• Stay updated on emerging data technologies and trends to make informed recommendations. 

Skills and Experience

Essential 

• Deep and broad experience of developing technical data solutions in large or medium sized enterprises in a similar role.
• Defining technical strategy and roadmaps for delivery in medium to large enterprises.
• Strong knowledge of database systems, 
• Demonstrable data modelling experience across multiple techniques, 
• Proven experience with multiple data integration technologies including event driven architectures.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Strong experience of different data architectures including hub and spoke, data lakes, data fabrics, lakehouses.
• Strong data engineering experience,
• Strong experience of data reporting solutions from data warehousing (Kimble and Inmon) and reporting tools,
• Strong communication skills to explain concepts and solution designs to any stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Collaborative and curious practices to develop strong well thought through solutions.
• Taking the initiative to determine the best solutions to meet the requirements and understand all the different aspects of the solution. 

Desirable 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Capital markets, asset management, or corporate banking financial institutions.
• Familiarity with data governance and compliance regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
• Strong experience of Agile practises and scrum of scrums,  
• Well versed in industry standard SDLC tooling.
• Proficiency in database management systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).
• Data modelling tooling such as ERWin or ER Studio.
• Experience of BI tools.
• API frameworks  
• Working with other data modellers and solutions architects. 

Competencies

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:

• Hybrid and flexible working 
• Competitive paid leave days
• Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance 
• Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services  
• Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities 
• Ambitious remuneration package

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!